1. IEEE Maine Section R1 Report
Focus
- Grow membership and member participation.
- Increase public awareness of ECE
as a profession.
- Provide value to our members.

2. Issues the Maine Section faces:
Low membership density.
- It is a far from Southern Maine to
Northern Maine as it is from Southern
Maine to Washington, DC!
Stagnant membership.
Low public awareness of us.

3. Meetings
March 1st l general meeting, Alan Caron, author
of Maine's Next Economy presented what
Maine must do to succeed economically.
Coming this fall:
- Mixers at UMaine and USM to attract/retain
students to ECE and IEEE.
ExCom meetings - include all officers
- Monthly.
- Meetings are usually by telecom.
- Harold Belson, NE Area Chair, attended.

4. Out Reach
To members
- ExCom Member Walter Rawle ExCom is
preparing a survey to determine what
members want from the Maine Section.
By Members
- Participation in K-12 job fairs.
- Participation in STEM activities at local high
schools and community colleges.

5. IEEE STEM Ambassadors (thanks to Dusty Fisher!)
- Training for techies and 6th grade teachers.
- Learn a simple project.
- Techies go to schools for project to do
project with students & talk about STEM.
Supported by Texas Instruments, the Maine
Math and Science Alliance, and IEEE-USA.
We're looking for funding to take the
program to the rest of Maine.

6. Maine Engineering Workforce Summit
- Maine Section is a Supporting Partner.
- Ron Brown is on the Organizing Committee.
Portland Adult Education
Working with techie educated New Mainers
to integrate them into the workforce.
- Resume preparation.
- Interview skills.
- Assistance in finding internships and jobs.

7. IT Professionals Day at Central Maine Community College
- The Maine Section will have table.
- Ron Brown will speak on the advantages of joining a professional association.

8. The Beacon - Our aperiodic newsletter is back!
Purpose: A quick read of items of interest to
Maine members
No long articles.
Content:
- Something a member did.
- Someone's new job.
- Someone's retirement.
- Local continuing education opportunities.
- References/links to non-IEEE articles, etc.
- Up-coming IEEE activities.
- Other activities of interest to members.

9. The Bottom Line...
We are seeing an uptick in interest!